Cambridge University Library Staff Learning & Development course timetable
October 2018
| Tue 30 |
This session will provide an introduction to implicit or unconscious bias and will help you start to understand how our biases influence the decisions we make. These may include decisions around recruitment, selection, assessment and broader interactions with others. The session will include tutor input and group activities to raise awareness about how to recognise and begin to manage the impact of implicit bias. We will also consider further sources of guidance to support individuals in their roles with specific responsibilities e.g. for managing others, teaching etc. |
November 2018
| Wed 7 |
The new General Data Protection Principles (GDPR) take effect in May 2018. Although there is general online training for staff, this is a local version of a CILIP conference on GDPR, specifically for librarians. |
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An interactive workshop on the fulfillment module on the ALMA system. |
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The new General Data Protection Principles (GDPR) take effect in May 2018. Although there is general online training for staff, this is a local version of a CILIP conference on GDPR, specifically for librarians. |
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| Tue 13 |
Recommended for those responsible for the recruitment and selection of staff, who are interested in developing further skills in this area. This course prepares you to effectively carry out the recruitment and selection process taking you through the stages of producing a person specification, short listing effectively against selection criteria, designing questions, structuring and conducting interviews, and making the final decision. University policies and procedures will also be covered. |
| Wed 14 |
Cambridge University Libraries Staff : Staff Review and Development Meetings - Skills for Reviewers
Finished
One to one and staff review and development (SRD) meetings are a crucial aspect of the organisations approach to performance management and key to the way in which we manage our people. This workshop is aimed at the skills needed to facilitate great meetings, but more importantly, explains the positive benefits in behaviour and motivation that can be achieved through these discussions. It can however be daunting and the course is intended to help you understand the context of SRD and build confidence in managing the process. SRD is fundamentally a positive relationship building event between the manager and staff member. The skills and techniques that make this possible will be reviewed during this course. Outline Content: • Understanding SRD and its role in performance management • Linking to your one to ones • Setting good SMART objectives • Understanding the system in the University • Structuring the SRD • What makes a successful meeting? • Giving feedback & discussing performance • Dealing with challenges and unwilling people • Closing the SRD on a high • Personal actions |
| Thu 22 |
A general Health and Safety and Security briefing for staff who work in the main Cambridge University Library Building and the affiliated Faculty Libraries. |
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This is an interactive workshop, designed to help new staff learn more about the Cambridge University Library and meet some of the key people who work in it. |
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| Thu 29 |
Cambridge University Libraries Staff : Internal and External Customers : Service Excellence am
Finished
An interactive workshop, focusing on providing service for both internal (colleagues) and external (readers) customers. |
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Cambridge University Libraries Staff : Internal and External Customers : Service Excellence pm
Finished
An interactive workshop, focusing on providing service for both internal (colleagues) and external (readers) customers. |
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For World Digital Preservation Day, come and celebrate the thinking and work required for the long-term preservation of our collections. Hear about the challenges of audiovisual content (including both digital and analogue), in relation to Cambridge University Libraries audiovisual collections. Find out about why there is a ‘deadline’ for audiovisual content, and what might be done about it. Learn about why we're at a crossroads in regard to digital preservation and where we might go from here. Two short talks by Somaya Langley and Dave Gerrard of the Polonsky-funded Digital Preservation at Oxford and Cambridge (DPOC) project. Plus an opportunity for Q&A and discussion of audiovisual and digital preservation challenges. |
December 2018
| Mon 3 |
This course is designed to help give you confidence when managing people through difficult situations, to hone your skills further and highlight any areas that may require further development. Outline: Difficult? - Understanding difficulty - What can cause difficult behaviour/performance issues? - Developing empathy/Stepping back - Personality Style: Difficult or just Different? - Difficult situations: examples Feedback - Purpose and Pitfalls - The four feedback factors - Giving feedback effectively Behaviour/Performance Management - Managing difficult behaviours: Foundations - The One-to-One: The CHANGE model - Approaches to difficult people and situations - Handling defensiveness - Know when to involve HR Action Planning. |
| Wed 5 |
Policy Development at Cambridge University Libraries: the inaugural Digital Preservation Policy
Finished
Cambridge University Libraries has a new Digital Preservation Policy that has been developed over the past two years as part of the Polonsky-funded Digital Preservation at Oxford and Cambridge (DPOC) project. Come along to hear how this policy has been developed, what the policy covers, and what this means for you and your work. |
| Thu 6 |
Policy Development at Cambridge University Libraries: the inaugural Digital Preservation Policy
Finished
Cambridge University Libraries has a new Digital Preservation Policy that has been developed over the past two years as part of the Polonsky-funded Digital Preservation at Oxford and Cambridge (DPOC) project. Come along to hear how this policy has been developed, what the policy covers, and what this means for you and your work. |
| Sat 8 |
This workshop designed to help new staff learn more about the Cambridge University Library |
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This workshop designed to help new staff learn more about the Cambridge University Library |
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| Thu 13 |
An introduction to the theory and structure of Library of Congress Subject Headings. There is an opportunity for hands-on participation. |
January 2019
| Tue 8 |
This course is for staff that will need to use the Acquisitions functionality in Alma and have not had experience of it before. The course covers the key activities that will be performed in Acquisitions, including:
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We will look at the rules for creating LC geographical subject heading strings, the subject headings for biography and collections of correspondence, and pattern headings. |
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| Mon 14 |
All Staff Briefing
Finished
Dr Jessica Gardner, University Librarian and Director of Library Services, would like to invite all University Library staff, College Librarians, non-affiliated Librarians and Departmental Librarians to join one of two all staff briefings in January 2019. Details of the agenda will be advised closer to the dates. |
| Tue 15 |
Web Archiving : An Introduction
Finished
An introduction to the UK Web archive – its purposes and what it collects. An initial training session for those who might be interested in contributing. Attending the training session will not commit you to contributing, but rather indicate to us who would like to be involved in further discussions. |
| Wed 16 |
Whilst the importance of coaching is widely recognised it is important to maintain the organisations mentoring capability. Be this formal mentoring where the mentor has been assigned or using mentoring skill in a more day to day conversational way having people who are skilled at providing guidance and developing people can have a marked effect on organisational performance . The workshop is suitable for anybody with either a formal or informal role as a mentor and also for line managers wishing to develop this skill. The workshop can be a way of developing a mentoring culture across the organisation or for specific departments or service areas. |
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All Staff Briefing
Finished
Dr Jessica Gardner, University Librarian and Director of Library Services, would like to invite all University Library staff, College Librarians, non-affiliated Librarians and Departmental Librarians to join one of two all staff briefings in January 2019. Details of the agenda will be advised closer to the dates. |
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| Thu 17 |
Recommended for those responsible for the recruitment and selection of staff, who are interested in developing further skills in this area. This course prepares you to effectively carry out the recruitment and selection process taking you through the stages of producing a person specification, short listing effectively against selection criteria, designing questions, structuring and conducting interviews, and making the final decision. University policies and procedures will also be covered. |
| Sat 19 |
A series of workshops for Reader Services staff and relief staff to discuss the proposed changes to the way Reader Services operates. These are intended to align with The new Library Strategy |